📌 The chairman of the parliamentary political group “European Socialists” Fridon Injia addressed the ruling party at the session of the legal committee of the parliament with a proposal to make a change in the first article of the draft law “On the transparency of foreign influence”, which will be of vital importance for the future correct development of Georgia.
🔷Discussion of the draft law on “transparency of foreign influence” at the meeting of the legal committee is being conducted in the second reading.
🔷In particular, the chairman of the political group believes that the first article of the draft law should begin with the following sentence: – “For the purpose of state independence and sovereignty, this law ensures, regulates the transparency of foreign influence and then as stated in the text”.
📝 The first article of the draft law presented by the parliamentary majority provides for the following: Article 1. Purpose and scope of the law 1. In order to ensure the transparency of foreign influence, this law regulates the registration of an entity as an organization carrying the interests of a foreign power and other issues related to the transparency of the activities of an organization carrying the interests of a foreign power.
🔷”In the United States of America, the so-called “Farah Law” was adopted during the presidency of Roosevelt (in 1938) and America has had the 15th president since that time, where this law is still in effect.
🔷Therefore, it is a fact that the law went through different stages and different governments, both the period of Republicans and Democrats.
🔷If we in Georgia adopt a law on the transparency of foreign influence, it should be designed for future governments.
If actions directed against the state are being prepared in Georgia with foreign funding, then please, and I encourage you to put to the vote that the first article of the law begins with the following sentence “For the purpose of state independence and sovereignty, this law ensures and regulates the transparency of foreign influence and then as stated in the text.
🔷I believe that in such a case, this will be a perfect law, which will be acceptable for future generations, which will be of vital importance”, Fridon Injia believes.
